Do Japanese companies have a competitive strategy?

European Business Review

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 227-234

  Mourdoukoutas, Panos ^a   Papadimitriou, Stratos ^b  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Paediatric Dentistry   (Greece)

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EID: 84986078542     PISSN: 0955534X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09555349810221853     Document Type: Review

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